“For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.”
For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed also — the principle of correspondence establishes that the priesthood and law are intrinsically linked. To introduce a new priesthood requires changing the entire legal framework that supported it; the old is displaced by the new.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 7:12
“ If therefore” (he says) “perfection were by the Levitical priesthood.” Having spoken concerning Melchisedec, and shown how much superior he was to Abraham, and having set forth the great difference between them, he begins from this point forward to prove the wide difference as to the covenant itself, and how the one is imperfect and the other perfect. However he does not even yet enter on the matters themselves, but first contends on the ground of the priesthood, and the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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